The Constellations
85:1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ ١
By the Sky with the constellations,
85:2
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ ٢
and the Promised Day [of Judgement],
85:3
وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ ٣
and one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness.
85:4
قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ ٤
Woe to the People of the Ditch [of Fire],
85:5
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ ٥
the Fire supplied [abundantly] with fuel:
85:6
إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ ٦
Behold! They sat over against it [the Fire],
85:7
وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ ٧
And they were witness to [all] that they were doing to the Believers,
85:8
وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ ٨
and they exacted vengeance upon them for no other reason than that they believed in Allāh, the Mighty, the Worthy-of-all-Praise!
85:9
ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ ٩
Him to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allāh is watching over all things.
85:10
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ ١٠
Those who subject the Believers, men and women, to trialand do not turn in repentance, will have the Punishment of Hell: They will have the Punishment of the Burning Fire.
85:11
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ١١
For those who believe and do righteous deeds, will be Gardens, beneath which Rivers flow: That is the Great Success.
85:12
إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ ١٢
Truly strong is the Seizure of your Lord.
85:13
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ ١٣
It is He who originates from the very beginning, and who recreates [life].
85:14
وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ ١٤
And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most-Loving,
85:15
ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ ١٥
The Most Glorious Lord of the Throne,
85:16
فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ١٦
Doer [without let] of all that He intends.
85:17
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ ١٧
Has the story reached you, of the Forces
85:18
فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ ١٨
of the Pharaohand of the Thamūd?
85:19
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ ١٩
And yet the Rejecters [persist] in disbelieving [the Truth]!
85:20
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ ٢٠
But Allāh is Ever-Encircling from behind them!
85:21
بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ ٢١
Nay, this is a Glorious Qur’ān,
85:22
فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ ٢٢
[inscribed] in a Tablet Secure!